Program Guide
MVSTERCAMP is a six-day artist bootcamp designed to provide 45 musicians the tools, resources, and connections to scale their music entrepreneurial journey.
Tuesday, September 5 - Wednesday, September 6
9am - 6pm
Eight interactive learning sessions centered on enhancing your live performance business.
For a complete breakdown of the program schedule, click this link.
REMINDERS:
Be sure to bring your laptop, a notepad, pen/pencil, comfortable tennis shoes, an open mind, and a great attitude.
WiFI:
Network: KAF
Password: 32241974
Please complete the post-presentation survey. This helps us determine which classes to continue for future programs and ensure you are getting the needed support.
Sessions
Mind + Body + Soul
Presented By Mvstermind
During this special session, participants will be motivated to activate their mind ,body and soul by the creator of “Mvstercamp” Mvstermind.
How To Soundcheck & Prepare For A Live Show
Tom Pini
In this technical workshop, Mvstercamp participants will walk through the process of properly conducting a full soundcheck before a show.
How To Create Show Mixes
Presented by Sonca Nguyen
A 45-minute long presentation where Mvstercamp participants will learn how to design a stage plot and create a technical rider. The remaining 45 minutes would allow for the participants to begin designing a stage plot and tech rider for themselves.
Note: Please bring your studio sessions to create show mixes.
Advancing The Show &
Industry Standards
Presented by Lucie Switalski
A 45-minute presentation where Mvstercamp participants will learn how to inquire with a venue about booking a show, what should be in an EPK, how to communicate & advance an upcoming performance with a venue, etiquette as a performing artist the day of the event, how to submit a setlist with a performance right organization, show settlement and whatever else deemed relevant for concert booking from an artist-venue perspective. For the remaining 30-45 minutes, Mvstercamp participants will create/update their EPK.
How To Put On A
Memorable Performance
Redd and Mai Lee
A 45-minute long presentation on best practices in enhancing one's stage presence, stage etiquette, and how to put on a memorial performance through choreography. Immediately following this presentation, a select number (3-4) of Mvstercamp participants will perform and receive critiques on how to improve their stage presence and performance from Redd and Mai Lee.
Guerrilla Marketing
Presented by Finsta
A 45-minute long presentation where Mvstercamp participants will learn different strategies and tactics that artists/musicians have used to gain awareness for a campaign, project, or event. Topics we would like to have covered include (but are not limited to) poster boarding, wheat pasting, projection mapping, and spray chalking. For the remaining 45 minutes, Mvstercamp participants will exercise some of the things they learned from the presentation by activating the Grand Center Arts District by spray chalking and posting promotional posters about upcoming performances for the pop-up stage at Music at the Intersection.
Strength & Stamina
Presented By Cynn Marie
A 90-minute presentation that details how to physically prepare for musical performance. This would include proper breathing techniques, tips for improving body posture, how to increase stamina, and anything else you would find relevant for a musician to know. This an interactive and bodily-kinesthetic workshop that gets Mvstercamp participants' bodies moving.
St. Louis Music Eco-System:
Live Music
Panelists: Ash Levitt, Olivia Blissett, Drew Jameson, Alonzo Townsend
Moderator: Mvstermind
During this 45-60-minute panel/fireside chat, Mvstercamp participants will learn from St. Louis industry professionals within the live music industry. Panelists will share insightful stories, perspectives, and lessons on how St. Louis' live music ecosystem intersects and valuable tips that artists can apply to enhance their live music business.
Learn From The Legends
Panelists: Tef Poe, Blvck Spvde, Aloha Misho, Brian Trotter, DJ Crucial
Moderator: Benny Greenheart
During this 45-60-minute panel/fireside chat, Mvstercamp participants will learn from St. Louis musical legends as they share stories, perspectives, and lessons on navigating the industry as national recording and touring artists.
Thursday, September 8 - Friday, September 9
12pm - 11pm
Rehearsal
We have partnered with The Gem and The Jewel Mine to provide rehearsal space for your upcoming performance.
Please schedule your 90-minute rehearsal session below.